Criminal Minds (TV Series)

Red Light (2017)

Aubrey Plaza: Cat Adams

Quotes 

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Let's pretend you're telling the truth. That means I guessed it, right? The secret, the one I don't want to admit to? It's my child?

  Cat Adams : Is that your guess? You only get one, remember?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No. It's too easy.

  Cat Adams : Believe me, getting pregnant with your baby was not easy.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You misunderstand. It's too easy emotionally. Because I can take your child from you. The child I had absolutely no role in creating, but a child that I would care for better than you.

  Cat Adams : That's rude.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's true. You can't be a mother, Cat. I'm not trying to insult you. It's your psychological makeup. You literally do not have the emotional skills to care for another human being. You'd lose interest in your own baby the way a six year old loses interest in a pet hamster.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : You had eyes on me while I was in prison, didn't you?

  Cat Adams : Spencie, don't ruin the moment.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I don't want to, but I'm on the clock. Answer my question. Am I right?

  Cat Adams : Yes, you're right. I wanted to make sure things were just as uncomfortable for you as they were for me.

  Luke Alvez : That's what we missed. The inside man that's been helping them.

  David Rossi : He didn't just work at Cat's prison, he worked at hers and Reid's.

  Emily Prentiss : Garcia, look for any overlap.

  Penelope Garcia : Compiling now. Here's something. Lionel Wilkins. He worked at both Mount Pleasant and and the Millburn Correctional Facility.

  Dr. Tara Lewis : Okay, look, this guy could have gotten her pregnant. But there's no way he could have gotten his hand on Reid's file.

  Stephen Walker : Well, not directly. He could have called in a favor from a friend at the Bureau.

  Luke Alvez : So someone must have wanted to screw us this whole time.

  Emily Prentiss : Someone who's not gonna work for the Bureau much longer.

• Lindsey Vaughan : I'm waiting for a phone call.

  Emily Prentiss : So are we, Lindsey.

  [a phone rings; as Lindsey checks hers, Prentiss pulls out her own] 

  Emily Prentiss : Whoa, whoa. It's okay. Here it is.

  Lindsey Vaughan : If this is a trick, I'm going to kill all of us.

  Emily Prentiss : I swear to you, it's not a trick. And you want to hear what the person on the other end of this line has to say.

  [turning the phone around, she shows Lindsey the tapped security monitor at Cat's prison] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : At first I was furious, because the secret had to be the baby inside you. How could it be anything else? But then I realized that somehow, you knew I liked hurting those men. Now I know it's both things.

  Cat Adams : So which is it, Spence? Come on. Don't fumble it now. You're at the one yard line.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You're not pregnant with my child. You got pregnant with Wilkins to put me in as compromised a position as possible. But it should be mine. I wish it were mine. Because you and I... we deserve each other. That is the real secret.

  [Cat dials Spence's phone, and Lindsey's rings] 

  Cat Adams : Kill her.

  [no response] 

  Cat Adams : Lindsey, I said...

  Lindsey Vaughan : You bitch. You're pregnant?

  Cat Adams : [realizing she's been played]  Lindsey, sweetheart, it's complicated, okay?

  Lindsey Vaughan : No, it's not.

  Emily Prentiss : Playing the game with Reid was more important than being faithful to you. And if you do this, she wins. Don't let her win.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Dance with me.

  Cat Adams : Why?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Because I don't want the people watching us to hear what I'm going to say next;

  [as they dance, Cat glances at the security monitor] 

  Jennifer Jareau : [on her phone in the observation room]  You guys got this up?

  Penelope Garcia : [at the BAU]  Streaming now.

  Jennifer Jareau : Okay. Uh, listen, you're... you're gonna hear a lot of weird stuff, like Spence saying he is the father of Cat's baby. Don't let that distract you.

  Penelope Garcia : Uh, I'm sorry. Full stop. Why would Reid say he's the father of...

  Emily Prentiss : Quiet.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Psychopaths get bored easily.

  Cat Adams : You're right. Let's speed this up. Shall we? Why don't you think about all the pain you've suffered in your life. What would I capitalize on, do you think? Is it... the death of your mentor, SSA Jason Gideon?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No. Because we caught the man who killed him.

  Cat Adams : What about Agent Morgan? And your guilt over not visiting his little boy.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I was in prison.

  Cat Adams : Yeah, but you had time before that. Why didn't you go?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Truthfully, I got distracted. I was trying to figure out a way to help my mom. She didn't have time. Morgan, Savannah, and little Bobby did. So there's absolutely no shame in admitting that. Morgan would understand.

  Cat Adams : I agree. That's why that's not the secret.

  Jennifer Jareau : [behind the one-way mirror, she notices Reid's look]  Good job, Spence.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : It's not possible. Even if you are pregnant, the baby's not mine.

  Cat Adams : Except for the part where it is.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : That's completely preposterous. You've been in prison.

  Cat Adams : So have you.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : And we've never had...

  Cat Adams : I know. We've never...

  [pause] 

  Cat Adams : Ask me how I did it. Come on, ask me.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [rolling his eyes]  How did you do it?

  Cat Adams : I had Lindsey dose you in Mexico. You lost time. And I gave her very specific instructions to get you in the mood.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What, did she pretend to be you?

  Cat Adams : Why? Would that have worked?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No.

  Cat Adams : Yeah, I know. I know. Believe me, I know exactly where I stand on the Spencer Reid "Hot or Not" list. I told her to pretend to be Maeve. Maeve Donovan. The love of your life. Who had her brains blown out right in front of you before you two could even kiss. So dark... yet so useful.

• Cat Adams : Close your eyes.

  [Reid does so] 

  Cat Adams : Good. Now keep them shut. Sit back and relax.

  [he does so again] 

  Cat Adams : Now, when you open your eyes, I want you to look at me like I'm the first woman you've seen after being in prison for three months. Now... open.

  [as Reid opens his eyes, the scene transitions to his 'dream'] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Hello, Cat.

  Cat Adams : You're here! You're really here.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : There is nowhere else I'd rather be.

  Cat Adams : You're good at this. You're so good at this. I almost believe you don't want to kill me.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I don't want to kill you.

  Cat Adams : No?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No.

  Cat Adams : What if I let your mother die? Then would you kill me? Or would you just... hurt me? Would you pin me down and leave bruises that don't go away?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Is that what you want?

  Cat Adams : I guess I just want to know if you would. If you could.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No.

  Cat Adams : No?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : It's not the kind of man I am.

  Cat Adams : Do me a favor and tell blondie over there to step aside, because we're gonna play another game. And this time, we are going to find out exactly what kind of man you are.

  [the scene transitions back to the prison; Reid non-verbally tells JJ she can leave, and Cat gives her a taunting wave goodbye] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Let's play.

  Cat Adams : [giddy]  Let's!

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Working deductively, the secret wouldn't be any of the topics you've already volunteered, because you wouldn't want to make it that easy on me.

  Cat Adams : Genius, truly.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : So what is left that I wouldn't want to admit?

  [he studies her] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Love. Is that what this is all about, love? Or my mother?

  [he studies her some more] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No. For you. You want me to admit that I am actually in love with you.

  Cat Adams : Don't get me wrong, I love my fairy tales, clearly, as much as the next girl, but I'm not delusional.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Are you sure about that?

  Cat Adams : Very sure. So sure, in fact, that I had Lindsey leave a clue for you in your little scrapbook in your house.

  [flashback] 

  Cat Adams : I couldn't have you come all the way down here and make a guess until I was positive. That is...

  [she puts her hands on her stomach] 

  Cat Adams : ...until I tested positive.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What, you're pregnant?

  Cat Adams : We're pregnant.

• Cat Adams : We do deserve each other, by the way. You guessed right.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You lied, by the way. You were going to kill my mother regardless.

  Cat Adams : Yeah, I think you really liked hurting those men. And once you cross that line, you can't ever go back.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [kneeling down in front of her, he roughly removes his watch from her wrist]  Watch me.

• [first lines] 

  Cat Adams : Spencie.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Where's my mother?

  Cat Adams : I missed you.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : What did you and Lindsey do to her? How did you...

  Cat Adams : Now stop. You don't get to walk in here and hiss at me like I'm the criminal. Now, we do this my way.

  [she kicks a chair out from under the table] 

  Cat Adams : Have a seat.

• Cat Adams : How was prison? Did you like it?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : No.

  Cat Adams : It's not fun, is it?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Unlike you, I didn't deserve to be there.

  Cat Adams : How did you stay sane? A brain like yours needs stimulation in such a... gray place.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I worked in the laundry room and I played chess.

  Cat Adams : That's three, maybe four hours, tops. What about the other twenty?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I read.

  Cat Adams : That's still not enough. You have to... go someplace.

  [pointing to her temple, indicating her brain] 

  Cat Adams : Up here. Or else you go crazy.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : So, the same game as last time? I ask every question you ask honestly?

  Cat Adams : No, this time you get to ask the questions.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : About what?

  Cat Adams : Well, I know a secret. About you. And you can ask me as many questions as you like to figure it out. But you only get one guess as to what it is. Now, guess correctly, I take your phone, I call our friend Lindsey, and I tell her to release your mother unharmed. If you don't...

  [she pantomimes putting a gun in her mouth and pulling the trigger] 

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Is there a clock?

  Cat Adams : There's always a clock.

  [holding out her hand] 

  Cat Adams : Give it to me.

  [he takes off his watch and hands it to her] 

  Cat Adams : Now, you'll have four hours.

  [before he can say anything] 

  Cat Adams : Not yet. You have to wait 'till the second hand comes around.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : You want to give me a hint before we start?

  Cat Adams : Do I look like a girl that gives hints?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Actually, you do.

  Cat Adams : Okay, how about this? It's a secret you'll never admit to.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : This baby is simply a means to an end, which is to keep me here playing your game, guessing like a fool, assuming something I never should have assumed in the first place.

  Cat Adams : And what would that be?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : My mother's already dead. She was dead before I walked in here.

  Cat Adams : She's not dead.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : [standing to leave]  Yes, she is.

  Cat Adams : No, because that would be cheating and I don't cheat. You cheat.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm done playing.

  Cat Adams : Get back here.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Goodbye, Cat.

  Cat Adams : I'll let you talk to her!

  [Reid shares a look with JJ; as he returns to the room, she dials her phone] 

  Penelope Garcia : Yes, I'm here.

  Jennifer Jareau : Garcia, get ready to trace a call on Spence's phone.

  Penelope Garcia : Fired up, plugged in. Ready to go.

• Dr. Spencer Reid : Tell me the truth!

  Cat Adams : I am! You want the truth? Your mother is an Alzheimer's ridden moron, who's getting dumber day by day and if she's dead, it's all your fault

• Dr. Spencer Reid : I know what the secret is.

  Cat Adams : You do?

  Dr. Spencer Reid : Why else would you put me through all this?

  Cat Adams : Ooh. Phrasing it in the form of a question. That way it doesn't count as a guess. Very smart, Doctor.

  Dr. Spencer Reid : I'm gonna walk you through a scenario and your face is gonna tell me how close I am. From the moment I arrested you, you watched and waited for the right time to take your revenge. When you learned I was going to Mexico, you took it. You and Lindsey framed me for murder so I'd be put in prison and treated like a criminal, and then you kidnapped my mother so I would know how it feels to have a parent manipulated, because you want to prove that you and I are the same. Am I right?

  Cat Adams : [yawning]  Mm. Sorry, I couldn't hold that in any longer. What were you saying?